John Emerson has been a frequent commenter on this site. He’s disagreed with me on a number of things, but he always brings an intelligent voice to the conversation. Now he’s got a great piece on how the recount is business as usual for the Rovian attack machine . Coleman still has to be the favorite, but the Republicans are doing whatever they can to cast a shadow in the process, s......
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Not entirely sure what to think of Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at DHS, but knowing that she is generally smart on immigration and was instrumental in the effort to knock down the REAL ID Act is encouraging. ~ Glad to know that even the President Elect shouldn’t have a reasonable expectation of privacy with Verizon. ~ A money bet against this not being executed well is proba......
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Image via Wikipedia New releases from Atavistic : Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra Secrets of the Sun (Deluxe Edition Bonus Track) Peter Brötzmann The BRAIN Of The DOG In Section Related articles by Zemanta Sun Ra! Space Is The Place t-shirt......
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Image via Wikipedia A chance to see the Arkestra tonight : Under the direction of Marshall Allen , the great avant-garde alto saxophonis t/multi-in strumental ist/compos er and apostolic successor of Sun Ra , who died in 1993, the Arkestra celebrates Halloween with its cosmic jazz and comic pizazz Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Connecticut’s von der Mehden Recital Hall ......
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Image via Wikipedia Zebulon in Brooklyn is featuring Marshall Allen and Sam Hillmer in an upcoming show. Trouble and Zebulon present REGATTAS Record Release Party featuring MARSHALL ALLEN (Sun Ra Arkestra) and REGATTAS (Sam Hillmer) OCTOBER 19, 2008 9PM @ ZEBULON, 208 WYTHE ST WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN Celebrating the release of Regattas’ first ......
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Image via Wikipedia From DMG : William Parker Qt! Braxton in Moscow! Trio X 7CD Box! Elliott Sharp DVD! McGregor/P hillips/Mo holo! Malaby Cello Trio! Noonan/Rib ot/Maneri/ Tacuma! Flaherty/Nace Thurston! More archival Sun Ra ! Dick/Baczk owski/Padm anabha! Locke/Kimbrough! Massaron/B ozulich/De Rossi! Tina Marsh! Anthony Davis ! Charles Ives ! Related articles by Zemanta Sun Ra! ......
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“The rest. Let’s get the rest of it before we go.� - Seeing the Forest: Let’s See If We Can Get The Rest......
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Did you read "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein? If you haven’t gotten around to it, and I understand, I do, put it on your must-read list. Until then, here’s my one paragraph summary of how the shock doctrine works: Come up with an insane plan for national or world domination that no citizenry in their right mind would ever put up with. Wait for something bad to happen......
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The use of renewable energy is extremely important for the future development of our globe. As energy demands increase, we cannot afford to increase the capacity of fossil fuel usage. The reserves of fossil fuels are decreasing on a constant basis, and no matter how slow this process may be, we need to look into alternative ways to generate energy. The use of renewable energy is extremely i......
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There’s a whole article out in the New York Times about the crisis of faith that the Federal Reserve chair, Ben Bernanke, and the Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, are currently having. Avid fans of the free market, they’re coming to the government, hats in hand, to ask for help. "There are no atheists in foxholes and no ideologues in financial crises," M......
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Green For All, 1Sky, and the We Campaign have announced that September 27th, 2008 will be a national day of service and action. The theme is “Green Jobs Now.� On that day, tens of thousands of people will stage hundreds of grassroots events throughout the country. People from all walks of life will demonstrate to the next President, to Congress, and to the nation that we are ready to build an ......
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In less than two months America will elect a new president. Now, for months, Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his campaign have highlighted “exp erience 221; and “rea dinessR 21; as the qualifying factors for the position of President.  The question to ask then is simple:  Why, if readiness is of such importance, is McCain unwilling to have his running mate Sarah P......
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Cross-posted with additional links and editing from A Lovely Promise I watched more of the Democratic convention than I’ve done since 1972, on the blessedly unfiltered C-SPAN. But I didn’t see much coverage, online or off, of what was happening outside the hall in the streets. Before the Denver convention got going, we were given a look at the chilling warehouse (video&......
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Some pretty brutal stuff this week. And something subtle too. And then …. THE GAFFE …. Peter Swire, Wonk Room, McCain’s Privacy Paper Gets His Own Record Wrong CNN Politics, Roberta McCain denies lawsuit against son’s ex-wife — who you gonna believe, the McCains or those lying court documents? WashPo, McCain’s Maverick Side: Grand......
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John McCain spent part of this last Friday at the Aspen Institute speaking about energy issues, including a meeting with T. Boone Pickens.  From an interview there McCAIN: I have a long record of that support of alternate energy. ... I’ve always been for all of those and I have not missed any crucial vote. But my citizens in Arizona know that when I’m running for the Presi......
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Don’t like your own memories? Borrow someone else’s! MORE on how John McCain may have been using this fake story for a few years now. Of course, the MSM loves John McCain’s barbecue too much to actually ask him about this. > > McCain’s “Cross In Dirt” Story Questioned a2a_lin kname=&quo t;McCain†™s Cliff Notes" ;; a2a_l in......
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Paris smacks down McCain. As of this post: Over 3 Million views 1171 comments on the video 6629 Diggs in under 20 hours 769 Digg comments “That’s HOT!” Gotta go catch a tan. “See you at the Debates bitches!” Image Credit: flickr ________ “Inside the Ropesâ€� ________ Where Small Business Marketing Pros Play to Win FREE E-Co......
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If you and a friend look at a building then your friend covers their eyes the building as you can attest does not disappear. Reality as such is not dependent on observation. Well, maybe its not. The building is composed of atoms which in turn are composed of subatomic particles. The Reality Tests The experiment wouldn’t be too difficult, but understanding it would. It took them months to......
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The Globe and Mail’s reality-challenged Lawrence Martin quotes reality-challenged Prof. Michael Byers on changing the NDP’s name: [...] Just calling them the Democrats would also widen the party’s reach, make it sound more accessible. "It will be an indicator of the maturity of the party," Mr. Byers says. He likes the U.S. connection. "In many ways, Bar......
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Part One of the unfolding story was about the vulnerability of the elderly -- perfect targets for exploitation. In Part One the Bermuda-based (HA!) " buyout " firm Lazard, LLC. set up Atria Senior Living which an "affiliated entity" owns. Atria houses seniors, and collects a monthly fee, which ends up in Lazard’s (affil iated) bottom line. ... Atri......
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In the LA Times 7-5-08, A Good-Enough Spy Law says, In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the White House directed telecommunications carriers to cooperate with its efforts to bolster intelligence gathering and surveillance -- the administra tion&rsquo ;s effort to do a better job of "connecting the dots" to prevent terrorist attacks. No, it started a few weeks after Bush took off......
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